Corn-planter



(No Model.)

S; E. HAKE.

- .OORN PLANTER.

No. 333,403. Patented Mar. 23,1333.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. HAKE, OF NILES, OHIO.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,403, dated March 2 3, 1886.

Application filed July 31, 1885. Serial No. 173,125.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. HAKE, of Niles, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in corn-planters; and it consists in certain fea tures of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sideelevation,partly in section, of m y improved corn-planter. Fig. 2 is a plan View of thesame, but with the hopper shown in horizontal section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation in section of a portion of the disk, feed-cup, and corn-hopper. Fig. 4 is an edge view in elevation of the feed-disk. Fig. 5 is a View in perspective of the drill-tooth and covering device. I

A suitable frame-work or platform, A, is mounted on carrying-wheels B, that are connected by a revolving axle, B. On this axle are mounted the spur-wheel b and the bevelgear I). The frame or platform A has thills a, for attaching a horse, or may have suitable handles for propelling the device by hand.

0 is afeed-disk, mounted on the spindle O, the latter being journaled in the boxes a, that are attached to the frame A. The spindle has mounted thereon the gear 0, that engages the gear I). A feed-cup, 0, has an open end and a solid end, and at the latter is attached to the lever c. This lever and cup are set with the face of the disk flush with the periphery of the disk, except the end of the lever at c, that, when the disk is in the closed position shown in Fig. 1, projects outward from the disk, forming an incline. The lever c is pivoted at c to the disk, and when the cup is in the open position shown in Fig. 3 the incline c is about flush with the disk.

D is the corn-container or hopper, and is slotted so that the disk enters the same, the edges of the slotted part of the hopper embracing the disk so close that the corn cannot (No model.)

escape. A narrow slot, (Z, through the bottom of the hopper allows the incline c to pass; but this slot is too narrow to allow the kernels of corn to escape. The disk being rotated by the gears connecting it with the axle, as aforesaid, when the cup 0 is passing up through the hopper D, the incline c? strikes the abutment cl, by means of which engagement this end of the lever is forcedinward and the cupis forced outward, as shown in Fig. 3, and consequently the cup scoops up its fill of corn. Vhen the incline has passed the abutmentd' the spring 0* returns the cup to its closed position. (See Fig. 1 and dotted lines, Fig. 3.) The kernels of corn are thus confined in the cup as they ride over with the disk. hen the mouth of the cup is above the hopper E the incline t strikes the abutment F, by means of which the cup is again opened, and, the mouth of the cup at this time presenting downward, the corn is discharged into the hopper E. The abutment F consists of a bail that spans the disk, and is secured to the platform A. The hopper E has a pivoted tilting side, 6, that is held in position along the bottom of the hopper, as shown in Fig. 1, by the spring 0. \Vhen the incline 0 strikes the upper end of the side e, the spring e being weaker than the spring 0 that backs the incline, the side 6 is tilted, opening the hopper and discharging the corn. The hopper E discharges into a tube, G, that terminates at the rear of an ordinary drilltooth, g. The latter makes a slight furrow, into which the corn falls, and a covering device, H, follows and closes the furrow.

The covering device consists of two vertical plates, h, set edgewise and in a triangular form, with the apex presenting.

The tube, tooth, and covering device are usually bolted or clamped together, and secured by suitable braces leading to the frame above.

The relative sizes of the gears b and G will depend on the size of the wheels B and the distance apart that it is desired to drop the corn. feet in circumference and it is desired to plant the corn three feet apart the relative sizes of the gears b and 0 would of course be three to one. The bevel-gear b on the axle B engages a bevel-pinion, I, that is attached to a short For instance, if the wheels B are nine is opened, as aforesaid, the corn and fertilizer fall through into the furrow.

In place of the gearsb and G, sprocket-wheels and an endless-chain might besubstituted, and various other changes might bemade Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is-- 1. In a corn-planter, the combination, with a seed-disk having movable pockets therein, of a container for fertilizing material, a revolving arm arranged to enter the container and discharge a quantity of the fertilizing-maq terial with the corn, substantially as set forth.

3. In a seed-planter, the combination, with a disk having a recess in the periphery thereof, a lever pivoted within said recess and provided at one end with a seed-cup and aspring for holding the cup within the recess, of a seedhopper and devices for engaging the free end of the lever for moving the cup away from the disk, substantially as set forth.

4. In a seed-planter, the combination, with a frame and fertilizer and seed-hoppers, of a seeddisk having movable cup, substantially as described, the curved arm for discharging the fertilizer, and gearing connecting the arm and disk to the ground-wheels, substantially as set forth.

5. In aseed-planter, the combination, with a frame and hoppers secured thereon, of a seed-disk having a movable seed-discharging cup, the curved arm for discharging the fertilizer, gearing connecting the arm and disk to the ground-wheels, the implement for making the furrow, and the devices for closing the furrow, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica tion, in the presence of two witnesses, this 20th 2. The combination, with a vertical disk day of July, 1885. having movable pockets therein, springs for holding the pockets in closed adjustment, and gearing connecting the disk with the ground or carrying wheels, of a seed-hopper having a slot therein for entrance of the disk, and devices for opening the pockets.

SAMUEL E. I-IAKE.

Witnesses:

James J. MaHoNEY, JULiUs N. Gonnnnv. 

